Russian corvette Rassvyet

	Rassvyet
History
Russia
Name	Rassvyet; (Рассвет);
Namesake	Rassvyet
Builder	Almaz Shipyard, Leningrad
Yard number	79
Laid down	20 September 1986
Launched	22 August 1988
Commissioned	28 December 1988
Identification	See Pennant numbers
Status	Active
General characteristics
Class and type	Nanuchka III-class corvette
Displacement	560 long tons (569 t) standard; 660 long tons (671 t) full load;
Length	59.3 m (194 ft 7 in)
Beam	12.6 m (41 ft 4 in)
Draft	2.7 m (8 ft 10 in)
Propulsion	Diesel engines, 30,000 hp (22,371 kW); 3 shaft;
Speed	32 knots (59 km/h)
Range	2,500 nautical miles (4,630 km) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph); 900 nmi (1,667 km) at 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph);
Complement	60
Sensors and ; processing systems	Radar:; Band Stand fire control; Bass Tilt; Peel Pair surface search; Pop group;
Armament	2 × triple P-120 (SS-N-9 'Siren') ; 16 × Kh-35 (SS-N-25 'Switchblade') anti-ship cruise missiles; 1 × 76mm AK-176 gun ; 1 × 30mm AK-630 gun; 20 × 4K33 (SA-N-4 'Gecko') surface-to-air missiles;

Rassvyet is a Nanuchka-class corvette in the Soviet Navy and later the Russian Navy.

Specifications

Small missile ships of the Project 1234, according to NATO classification, a Nanuchka-class corvette, are a series of Soviet small missile ships (MRK) of the 3rd rank built at shipyards of the USSR from 1967 to 1992.^[1]

The type consists of three series of subprojects:

Project 1234, NATO code Nanuchka I
Project 1234E, NATO code Nanuchka II
Project 1234.1, NATO code Nanuchka III
Project 1234.7, NATO code Nanuchka IV

By the name of the project code, the ships received the nickname gadflies in the navy. IRAs of Project 1234 were supplied to the Navy of four countries of the world: the USSR, Algeria, Libya and India. Libyan ones were destroyed during the NATO military operation in the summer of 2011; Indian ships of this project were withdrawn from the Indian Navy in 1999–2004.

The ships of the project were actively operated in all four fleets of the Soviet Navy and during the 1970-1980s carried out combat services in the World Ocean. They left a noticeable mark on the history of Soviet shipbuilding and are currently being gradually withdrawn from the combat strength of the Russian fleet.^[1] So, if at the beginning of 2001 in the Russian Navy there were 2 ships of project 1234 and 18 ships of Project 1234.1,^[2] then by 2006 all ships of project 1234 were withdrawn from the Navy and only 12 ships of the project remained in Project 1234.1 and 1 ship of Project 1234.7.^[3]^[4]

Construction and career

Rassvyet was laid down on 20 September 1986 at Almaz Shipyard, Leningrad. Launched on 22 August 1988 and commissioned into the Pacific Fleet on 28 December 1988.^[5]

Pennant numbers

Date	Pennant number^[5]
	534
1996	520

Citations

^ ^a ^b Kostrichenko, V. V.; Kuzmichev, V. E. Пистолет у виска империализма. p. 2.
^ Yu.V., Apalkov (2004). Корабли ВМФ СССР. Справочник. Галея Принт. p. 11. ISBN 5-8172-0087-2.
^ "Атрина". www.webcitation.org. Archived from the original on 5 October 2008. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
^ "Сайт «АТРИНА» • Малый ракетный корабль пр.12347; Nanuchka-IV class". 13 March 2012. Archived from the original on 13 March 2012. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Small Missile Ships - Project 1234". russianships.info. Retrieved 20 September 2021.

[:0-1] Kostrichenko, V. V.; Kuzmichev, V. E. Пистолет у виска империализма. p. 2.

[2] Yu.V., Apalkov (2004). Корабли ВМФ СССР. Справочник. Галея Принт. p. 11. ISBN 5-8172-0087-2.

[3] "Атрина". www.webcitation.org. Archived from the original on 5 October 2008. Retrieved 20 September 2021.

[4] "Сайт «АТРИНА» • Малый ракетный корабль пр.12347; Nanuchka-IV class". 13 March 2012. Archived from the original on 13 March 2012. Retrieved 20 September 2021.

[:2-5] "Small Missile Ships - Project 1234". russianships.info. Retrieved 20 September 2021.

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